Would you use a name that is from a popular tv show?

Who cares if some randommer would eye roll. You won't be the first that will use it or the last, if you do.
It makes me smile when people say 'it's a made up name' as well because...they all are. At some point they were made up.
My sons name is quite uncommon but not bizarre, he loves having something a bit different

My late nan was a Phoebe and always absolutely loathed the name (to point aged 65 she decided to declare she was going by her middle name instead). She was always completely bemused by the absolute glut of mid-90s Phoebes inspired by Friends!

DD1 is Phoebe she was named the year after friends became popular in the UK. EVERYONE said " ohh like in Friends" (no actually she is named after JD Salingers "The Catcher in the Rye") and at the time it REALLY bothered me. However ffw 20odd years and actually it no longer bothers me we love the name and it suits her she is very much a Phoebe.

So no would not put me off nor would I be concerned about a name being " made up"

(We did avoid Daphne though for dd2 due to Frasier even though I love the name)

Hope there isn't a Jill in your family...

It’s going to date really, really badly. And people may well assume you’ve called your DS Jaqueline. Could you use it as a middle name and use a not made up GoT first name?

My pet bearded dragon is called Jaqen go for it!!

I don’t think it is - Jaqen is pronounced Jacken and Joachim is Wakim. I think.

Jaqen is fine. Not too out there and not necessarily an immediate connection to GOT. Actually I first thought of Joaquin Phoenix (is that how you spell it?) . I think its pronounced quite similar.

It’s really interesting how people have names their dc after film stars or Film characters throughout the years. Tracey became popular after a character from a film and Wayne started to be used after John Wayne became a popular star. There will be a lot of people named after Game of Thrones in years to come.

I think Jaqen is a great name. If you want something that shortens to Jackie there is also Jacobie.

Good name. GOT connection aside, I like the look and sound of it, too.

It's a nice-sounding name, OP. There is precedence with other spellings; three examples going back to 1771. So perhaps it's the spelling that's "made up", not the name itself!

You get this a lot with fantasy names - there are websites dedicated to ancient name suggestions, usually Celtic or Anglo-Saxon, for gamers etc. to choose for fantasy world characters. When they break into the mainstream, other people assume the names are made up, when some have actually just been out of use for a few hundred years. Sounds like Jaqen might be one of them.

I like the name. Sometime we overthink about these names & I'll be honest I've don't think my name has made any difference in my life or the person I became. If you like the name, you choose it for your baby boy.

go for it. If I had a baby boy I would totally call him Cassian and I don't care if it's a made up name from Rogue One, The Best Star Wars Film Ever.

*lovely

I think it’s lively. And as a nod to your late husband, perfect. I watch GoT, and although I have terrible baby-brain I wouldn’t make the association immediately 😊

Go for it, Monstrance it's a great name!

Well I was third on this thread and made a facetious comment about GoT.
Why not just call him Jack?

If you’re going to call him Jackie anyway why not just call him Jack?

I don’t watch GoT, I know a few names like Theon, Joffrey, Cersei, Arya, Khaleesi but wouldn’t instantly know Jaqen. So it’s not as bad in that respect. But it’s a name that will always need to be spelled out and that people will remark on

pikapikachu Nope shes 11 years old

I have a common name that has 2 standard variation spellings, think Tracy/Tracey, it drives me bloody mad that I have to remind people which spelling I use atleast once a day.

Even if I sign an email at the end the replies often get it wrong anyway despite it being right there in front of them. My Gran quite often gets it wrong even now as to close friends so I really wish it was just as easy as showing people once!

Jaquen would be pronounced Jakwen so not the same name as Jaqen.
Could go for Jacques, pronounced in Shakespeare’s time as Jake-wes.
If you want another version use Jaxon with aJack for nn. Just learnt we have one in our family and I nearly choked on my coffee.

If it's not an issue for op then it's not an issue.
Now it would be for me as I am in a family with members who struggle to spell consistently.

It really was a small comment on the name. In the broad sweep of things spelling comes way down after the sound of the name, possible shortenings and any associations it may have.